Book Review: Gold Rush Girl

Gold Rush Girl

by Avi

Candlewick Press

Candlewick

Candlewick Press

Children’s Fiction

Pub Date 10 Mar 2020

I am reviewing a copy of Gold Rush Girl through Candlewick Press and Netgalley:

It’s 1848 and though Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell Kong’s for independence and adventure. She longs to journey with her Father as he sails in search of real gold. But it’s 1848 and Tory isn’t even allowed to go to school let alone travel all the way from Rhode Island to California. But Tory is determined to have a say in her destiny so decides to stow away on the ship.

San Francisco is frenzied and full of wild men, but Tory still manages to find both freedom and friendship there. But one day her Father is in the gold fields and her younger brother Jacob, is kidnapped. And so Tory is spurred on a treacherous search for him in Rotten Row, a part of San Francisco Bay crowded with hundreds of abandoned ships.

Avi, takes us back to an extraordinary time of hope and risk, with heroines that come to life on the page.

I give Gold Rush Girl five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!